The Indian Premier League 2023 is turning out to be a blockbuster event, not only because of the return of fans in stadiums but also some thrilling contests that the world has witnessed over the past few days. Similarly, on Monday, the RCB vs LSG encounter turned out to be a high-scoring nail-biter contest in which KL Rahul& Co. defeated Faf du Plessis-led squad in their own den at the M Chinaswami Stadium. Despite scoring a brilliant 212 runs, Royal Challengers Bangalore was defeated by Lucknow Super Giants on the last ball of the match. While the RCB vs LSG IPL 2023 is done & dusted, a debate has erupted on social media and a conspiracy theory has put Team India's former skipper Virat Kohli in the spotlight. Yes! you heard it right. It has been alleged by social media users that Virat Kohli gave the idea of Mankad to Harshal Patel to run out Ravi Bisnoi at the non-striker's end on the last ball who miserably failed to do so. Is it speaking the truth about Virat Kohli Harshal Patel mankad incident? Let's know the fact-
Did Virat Kohli give Mankad idea to Harshal Patel?
A user named Mufaddal Vohra wrote on his Twitter handle, "It was Virat Kohli who came up with the idea of mankad / run out on the last ball to draw that match. I objected this and tried to stop them but Harshal and Kohli didn't listened and that's where Karma hit us back at the end...- Faf Du Plessis in Post Match Conference" However, the truth is totally different. RCB skipper did not say anything that Virat Kohli was involved in the ideation of mankad during the RCB vs LSG IPL 2023 last over. Although Harshal Patel indeed try to run-out Bishnoi on the last ball on non-strikers end, there is no iota of evidence available that it was Virat Kohli who gave him the idea.
So, what is the fuss all about?
Notably, the user named Muffadal is a cricket analyst and often provides great in-depth stats when it comes to cricket. However, fans must know that there are two Muffadal Vohra are currently on Twitter. The one alleging Virat Kohli gave the idea seems like to be a parody account or fake account of cricket analyst Muffadal. The actual cricket analyst Muffadal has a verified account and his total number of followers are 491.3K, while the fake one is having 504 followers. The fake account often peddles out of context reports and misleading tweets.
โIt was Virat Kohli who came up with the idea of mankad / run out on the last ball to draw that match. I objected this and tried to stop them but Harshal and Kohli didn't listened and that's where Karma hit us back at the end.โ
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_voohra) April 10, 2023
- Faf Du Plessis in Post Match Conference
Virat Kohli went and suggested Harshal Patel to do that non striker run out/Mankad on the last ball of 20th over but they choked there too .
— ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง (@Hydrogen_45) April 10, 2023
- KL Rahul in Post Match
Shame on you @imVkohli ๐ pic.twitter.com/5VS600U41L
What did Faf du Plessis say after the RCB vs LSG match?
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During the post-match presentation, Du Plessis said, "Disappointed. They played well through the middle. One ball one run. We backed ourselves to get a run-out. Just looking at the wicket, from 7-14 it was quite slower. The last five overs it started skidding on. Really good for some good cricketing shots. Stoinis and Pooran played everything off the middle. They took on one of our main bowler (Harshal) in his first couple of overs. It is a difficult place to bowl at the death. You have to be on top of your game. I was struggling for most part of my innings. Was happy to give strike back to Kohli, sometimes you have to scratch. When I started hitting a few of the middle I got my flow back."
Fans bust fake news against Virat Kohli
After the Virat Kohli mankad idea tweet went viral, multiple fans lambasted the hate and fake news peddlers. A user wrote, "Fake news peddler"
Fake news peddler
— YRCS ๐ฎ๐ณ (@YRCS7) April 11, 2023
Another user wrote, "He didn't say that don't give false informations like tushar pandey about rohit sharma ..Shame on you"
He didn't say that don't give false informations like tushar pandey about rohit sharma
— mb for life (@mb_fan_dhfm) April 11, 2023
Shame on you
RCB vs LSG IPL 2023 Last Over
Match 15 of IPL 2023 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants was full of ups and downs for both teams and up until the end it was anybody's game. As 1 needed off the last ball, the excitement was reaching its extent at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The crowd was in all eagerness and so were the millions watching at home. All were waiting to see the outcome of the ultimate Harshal Patel Delivery. Patel took his usual run up but just before the release of the ball, he saw Ravi Bishnoi covering some yards and thus tried to make the most of the opportunity. Patel apparently attempted to Mankad Bishnoi but missed by a whisker from clipping the stumps. Following that, Bishnoi, who was still out of the crease tried to get back in the safe region, however, a direct hit by Patel caused confusion. With LSG 9 down, a wicket there would have sent the match to the super over but much to the relief of the visitors, Umpire ruled off the run-out call. Thus, Harshal Patel had to take the bowling stance again. This time when he did release the ball and Avesh Khan was on strike. Khan swung hard but missed, the rolling ball reached the wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik, who could not gather it properly, giving Khan and Bishnoi time to complete the single and win the match for LSG.